Chewing-gum.



WILLIAM A. REID, 0F SPRING GROVE, INDIANA;

CHEWING-GUM.

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enable others to 'manufacture the same with exactitude and satisfaction. The object of my invention, broadly state is to provide chewing gum Which may be made entirely of domestic products, which will be smooth and pleasant to ones mouth, will not adhere to ones teeth or the lining of the mouth,; will be absolutely sanitary and healthful in its constitutent elements, will not produce injurious chemical reactions when mixed with saliva, and which can be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low price.

Other minor objects and particular advantages of this invention will be brought out and will suggest themselves in the course of 'the following description, and that which is new will be set forth in the appended claims. a 1

The basic ingredient of this invention is purified paraffin, with which is combined, as sub-bases, some form of sweetening, such as sugar, together with Wheat flour or itsequivalent.

To the above may be added the minor ingredients, such as cocoa, a flavor, and in some instance a coloring matter as desired.

I have determined that following named ingredients, or their equivalents, combined in substantially the following named Flavor and color to suit the taste.

-' It is to be understood however that the Specification of Letters Patent.

8 I 7 portions Wlll give the most satisfactory Witnesses:

Patented Nov. IWMH.

Application filed April 10, 1916. Serial No. 90,077.

proportions given may be variously changed" to meetvarious conditions as to taste and climate;

In practice the paraffin should be heated until it is in a liquid state. The sugar, flour, and cocoa, should be pulverized together 7 and then slowly sifted into the liquid par aflin and thoroughly mixed therewith. Then after the above compost has arrived at a lower degree of temperature the flavor and the color may be added and mixed therewith. The whole may then be molded into cakes or made into sheets, from which it may be divided into any desired shape or sizes as desired to adapt it for distribution and sale.

It will be found that the above will answer all of the requirements of a satisfactory chewing gum, and will attain the objects previously mentioned.

-Having nowi fully shown and described my invention, what I-claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. Chewing gum comprising paralfin -as a base, and sugar and flour as sub-basic elements.

'2. Chewing gum composed of paraffin as the base, ments, 'cocoaand flavor as minor elements.

sugar and flour as sub-basic ele-' 3. Chewing gum composed of paraflin as p element combined substantially as set forth. In. testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name to this speclfication 1n the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM A. REID.

Ron'r. W. RAnnLn, R. E. HANDLE. 

